The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-10

VIZ hCt ItSt Cathe iSuoAoul VI
what had occurred with the Others.
She was very grave, almost sad. She
asked nue. the same question in a low,
and appealing tone. l did not like even
Il subterfuge with her. When she
asked if had penetrated the myster-
ious apartment asked, shaking my
head.
! "And why? Is there anything in
this house to conceal"
'.The eldest sister, who had returned
shook her head in denial. 1t was no
wonder. He was her husband, sup
pose. looked at Ellen and Addie.
They looked away. They never look :
ed as lovely, at least TO me. For they
would not tell lie and they trusted
me.
| "Well, heard no more Of the stran-
ger, and things ran on as before for n
week or two. Then there came re-
peated rumors of the guerrilias in the
neighborhood and we began TO take
extra precautions. continued to call
daily at the Sunderlauds, and one after
noon as I was going away Ellen
seemed particularly ill at ease. She
WAS nervous, hesitating, and aitogeth-
er unlike herself. I said good-by to
her at the porch and went out to my
horse. AS was about to mount she
came out Of the house aud toward me,
bearing a long, rich, crimson silk scarf,
with fine tassels of white silk at either
end. She held it out to me, saying
| "Will you wear this-for me?'
"'l cannot rob you,' said. Out
side OF the guitar believe it was the
only thing of any value that she had
left in the world.
WPlease wear it, she said. And while
l hesitated she deftly put it around
my neck, and before 1 suspected had
put her arms around, too, and had
kissed me squarely on the lips. AS
looked at her, quite staggered, in an
altogether happy state of surprise, the
tears sprang to her eyes, she turned
away, and went hastily into the house.
~ rode down the road slowly. Her
conduct was so strange, the memory of
the kiss, the first and last she ever
gave me, was so tenacious that it drove
everything else out OF my mind: My
rein fell upon my horses neck, and if
there had been a hostile sharp-shooter
or a rebel troop anywhere about
l would have been an easy prey, I
had five men with me, but they had
gone further up the road and L did
not wait for them. rode thought
fully along during most of the way for
! four miles. Finally l approached
sThe Cap the place of which l spoke,
the darkest and most secluded section
of the whole distance.
GAS entered it I heard some one
calling behind me. In a little while 1
recognized Josh, my negro cook, who
had been visiting some plantation. He
was afraid, I suppose, and wanted pro-
lection, though he made some other
excuse for calling. I reined up In the
shade OF a big fir by a white fallen
trunk in the Gap and waited for him :;
waited perhaps five minutes. I sat
twisting the tasseIs of the scarf and
thinking of Ellen. was an easy
mark as I sat there, dead shot for
! any man in hiding who had ever look
ed along gun barrel.
ssThen, with Josh short distance
behind, l journeyed onward. 1 stopped
at a plantation some miles further
down and waited for my men. They
did not como. I went back to camp.
got detachment, and went out to
look for them. We found them alf in
the Gap. They lay in the road in the
shadow OF the big fir, by the white fall
len trunk riddled with bullets from a
guerrilla ambush, and had been shot
dead from their saddles not ten min
utes after passed the spot.''
There w9s a silence for some min.
utes as the listeners gathered his mean
ing. Finally one suggested:
"You probably kept that scarf.'
| swell, rather. 1t saved my life to a
certainty. l never saw her again, for
our orders took us away that day,
But"
The commander-in chief, by slow
| and deliberate puffs, reliShted his eX-
tingu;shed cigar.-Nev York Times.
Ii any thing fortunate happns for
our people during the MclInery ad.
ministration il a railroad is built or
the rains descend in proper season to
water an abundant crop Or few Wes-
tern emigranfs settle in Louisiana, the
Governors friends straightway claim
for him all the credit of great achieve
ment. But il any thing wrong occurs,
even in official circles, such as Strong
defaIcation or public land grab, oh !!
TO, the Governor is not responsible g.!
Tho new idea OF gubernatoriai duty
seems to be that he should look after
the progress of the crops perambplate
over the State making speeches on
| classic education while he leaves be-
hind him State educational institu-
| tion where the chair OF ancient lam